. the winter storm moved ashore in the same location wheresuperstormsandyhit.there are new power outages in the region and up to 8" of snow in some places. teresa garcia has the story from rockaway beach, new york. >> reporter: high winds and heavy snow whipped the boardwalk in rockaway beach in queens, new york. that's where tom ford lives. he was told to evacuate his sandy-damaged home before the winter storm hit, but he is not budging. >> i got too much invested here. >> reporter: he says he will weather this storm like he did the last one with a little help. >> share some food, neighbors come back and get some heat, some fire. >> reporter: towns up and down the coast are scrambling to redirect resources from cleaning up to shoring up. belimar, new jersey, is rebuilding sand dunes on the beach and the pump clearing out floodwaters will keep running around the clock. >> we want to be aggressive about protecting our community. >> reporter: meteorologists say this snow is both a blessing and a curse. the snow is less likely to contribute to flooding. but it's more likely to take down tre

they turned around. that's nice. >>> the east coast is slowly recovering from superstormsandy. thismorning, some new york city subways believe it or not are rolling once again. also today, laguardia airport has reopened. but power problems persist with more than 5 million still without electricity. the number of deaths blamed on sandy has now passed 70. ines ferre with more on the storm from lower manhattan. >>> reporter: president obama visited new jersey to see firsthand the damage from super storm sandy. >> good job. >> reporter: the president and governor chris christie flew in marine one to see the devastation from above. what they saw were homes destroyed and streets still under water. president obama promised the government will do whatever it can to help storm victims. >> we will follow up to make sure that you get all the help that you need until you rebuild. >> reporter: not far away, the search for trapped or missing people on staten island continues. nypd rescued six people from rooftops on wednesday. there are signs that life is returning to normal in new york city. all three

. >>> grim news from the east coast this morning. the number of deaths blamed onsuperstormsandyisup to at least 92. two of the victims were young children found on staten island three days after being swept from their mother's arms. long gas lines frustrating drivers in new york where one man was arrested for pulling a gun to cut in line. cbs reporter randall pinkston reports that gas is also hard to find on the jersey shore. >>> reporter: you didn't have to look hard to find frustrated people. there were long lines to get gas and long lines to get into new york city, as police enforced a three-person per vehicle rule. traffic will only get better when all of the tunnels and subway lines are clear of water. and the pumps are operating 24 hours a day to speed up the process. but one look at this tunnel connecting manhattan and brooklyn shows just how much work is still left to be done. the nights are especially hard for people without electricity. >> we've been cold some nights. >> dark and cold. >> reporter: con ed says it will have power back on tomorrow for hundreds of thousands o

. >>> more subways are running in new york city this morning a week aftersuperstormsandyslammedthe city. that's good news for commuters who are still having trouble finding gas for their cars and generators. power is slowly being restored with about 1.4 million outages still reported. over the weekend, many people got their first look at their devastated neighborhoods. >> the only thing we had was the clothes on our backs and just grabbed our animals and ran, not expecting to come back to nothing. [ crying ] >> part of our house is across the street, our couch two streets down. [ crying ] >> more than 50,000 people in new jersey have applied for fema assistance and fema has already approved more than $30 million in payments. >>> bay area red cross volunteers are sending emergency response staff and vehicles to help victims. they will be making the three- day drive to new york and take supplies and food to some of the 2 million people still without power. more than 100 volunteers from the bay area have been deployed to the east coast since sandy hit a week ago. >>> our parent company, cb

don'tsandydon'tneed, another big store. but a nor'easter is expected to hit new york and new jersey tomorrow. there could be heavy rain and 60-mile-an-hour winds. and that would be a problem for crews trying to restore to a miami homes and businesses. -- to a million homes and businesses. more flooding may happen on the coast. >>> new york and new jersey are trying to make sure victims of sandy are able to vote. people in both states are being allowed to cast ballots at any polling place. ballots are being distributed to some emergency shelters and shuttle buses are taking people to polling places. >>> $30 for a gallon of gas? that's what's turning up on craigslist in new york and new jersey. but price gouging is illegal in both states. individuals selling gas can also get in trouble for failing to pay sales tax. lines are still long at many gas stations in areas hit hard by sandy. >>> can't catch a break. >> getting cold there and they have a nor'easter working its way up. we have great weather for election day. >> we have great weather here. i wanted to add i was looking at some o

sandyanddecided she wanted to help. what the 4-year-old was able to do coming up next. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, there are hundreds of ways people use lysol disinfectant spray. ben's mom uses it around the bathtub. it kills mold, and unlike clorox clean-up, it's approved to keep it from coming back for up to a week. share your lysol story, and see more, on facebook. wants independent concussion specialists, to be on the >>> a lot of sunshine around the bay area. a couple of high clouds, temperatures in the 60s, even 70s. enjoy it. we have rain on the way. >> so far, so good across the golden gate. getting busy across the dublin- pleasanton area. this is a live look near 580 and 680. coming up much more "timesaver traffic." >>> 4:55 now. the nfl players union reportedly wants independent concussion specialists to be on the sidelines of every nfl game. it comes after four more players suffered concussions this past sunday including 49er quarterback alex smith. he left the game against st. louis shortly after experiencing blurred vision. smith must be medically cleared to be play mo

after it hit, never-before-seen images ofsuperstormsandy's wrathcoming your way. stay right there. ,,,,,,,,,,,, hurricane sandy... showing t how extensive the flooding . this surveillance video show water pour >>> take i look. some new video of damage from hurricane sandy showing just how extensive the flooding was. this surveillance video shows water pouring into the path commuter rail station in hoboken, new jersey. cameras captured the water flow on october 29th from several different angles there. they include upper and lower elevators as well as the station platform and the track area. it's going to be a while before they get that all back to you together. >> it never gets old watching this because the -- the images get more and more amazing. >> hoboken is just right there on the water on the hudson river there so -- >> all right. >>> time is 4:43. let's check our weather here. we are getting a little rain, huh? >> what a change in the weather pattern. we have had all that sunshine. now the rain is moving in. we are seeing scattered showers around the bay area. fairly light

seats for families hit hard bysuperstormsandyjustthree weeks ago. we'll have more than 50 balloons, 2800 floats, 1600 cheerleaders and 11 marching bands and, of course, you can watch the parade here on cbs 5 starting at 1:00 this afternoon. who is that? hello kitty? >> that's hello kitty looks like in a little plane. i love this parade. >>> well, time now is 4:41. more than half a million californians are on the verge of a huge spike in their health insurance premiums. >> and that's not all. why that's just the beginning of the pain for anthem blue cross customers. we'll have the latest. >> he was the person i needed when i felt like my whole world had disappeared. [ crying ] >> he helped her in her hour of need and then he vanished. one woman's quest to thank her highway hero. ,, ,,,,,,,,,, why is it that the most impressive technology often comes with a set of equally impressive instructions ? shouldn't something that's truly advanced, not need much explanation at all ? with the nokia lumia 822 on verizon, there's not much to learn because it's powered by windows... to let you d

. >>> president barack obama is going to new york city today to see the devastation fromsuperstormsandy. thepresident will tour the city's hardest hit borough, staten island. the president toured new jersey shortly after sandy hit. but mayor michael bloomberg asked the president to stay away from new york. he said then that the president's visit would take up too many resources. >>> president obama says he is willing to work with republicans on capitol hill to stop automatic budget cuts and tax hikes from kicking in at the end of the year. investors are looking for progress on a deal to stop the u.s. from falling off the so- called "fiscal cliff." also today, traders will get a look at new unemployment numbers from washington. >>> here's a shocker. california may soon have a budget surplus. the legislative budget analyst says the deficit will be about $1.9 billion this fiscal year and we could see a surplus by the year 2014. it was just a few months ago we were talking about a $16 billion deficit. >> we have to pay down our debt, borrowed from the schools, from the redevelopment fund.

realized there were two of them. what was i going to do? >>> it is 4:39 now. the victims ofhurricanesandysaythey have been through enough. next, the bill that's adding insult to injury. >> plus, this baby couldn't wait. meet the little girl who made a big entrance on the steps of bart. ,, ,,,,,,,,,,,, every time someone chooses finish over cascade, it sparks a movement. because people can't keep it to themselves. look ! no ugly spots ! awesome! incredible shine. i'm switching for good. love, love, love finish! over a million people have switched to finish. visit us on facebook. northern japanese island of hokkaido is covered in snows morning.. the blizzard hit y tuesda >>> well, take a look at this. much of the northern japanese island of hokkaido is covered in snow this morning. the blizzard hit early tuesday morning knocking out power to thousands of homes. trees that weren't knocked over by high winds lost limbs from all that heavy snow and the weather isn't expected to improve for another few days. but pretty bad there. >> you don't think of snow? japan. >> i didn't think of it. >>

sandy. airlineshave canceled flights at the three major airports. the slowdown could slow down the effort to restore power to the more than 1 million people without power. those guys really need a break. >> it's a week-plus and that storm is working its way there. well, i guess you played nostradamus and said obama would win and now -- >> there's big changes in the weather. what a change from yesterday. we have temperatures in the 70s and 80s again but looks like things are going to be much different outside for today. the low clouds and fog have swept back onshore but the sea breeze, we have foggy conditions and mist at the coastline, cloudy in parts of the bay and patchy fog in the valleys temperatures in the 50s. this afternoon numbers going down. 60s maybe low 70s well inland but we are going to see lingering clouds especially at the coastline. and it looks like that heat wave now is a memory. low makes its way into the coastline. the ridge sliding east and the system will come into the bay area bringing with it a chance of rain and much cooler temperatures as we head in t

duringoursandyrelieftelethon. thanks to your generosity, we raised almost $135,000 for the american red cross. our parent company cbs 5 matched almost $18,000 in employee donations and you can still contribute just go to our website, cbssf.com/donate. just amazing. >> my guess, roberta gonzales is asleep. she went straight through 13 hours including at the end. >> great job. >> a lot of generous people. we say thanks. >>> it is 4:40 now. navy seals in a lot of trouble with the department of defense. what they did with the videogame that's causing a lot of security concerns. >> plus, something fishy about a uc-davis sorority prank. why police don't think it's too funny. >> and it looks like something out of a movie here. bandits, motorcycles pull off a brazen heist inside a mall that's packed with people. it's coming up. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, it looks like something outa james bond movie. six men, dressed in black, wearing helmets >>> a brazen heist at a mall in north london looks like something out of a james bond really. six men dressed in black ride into the mall on motorcycles. they the

government won't abandon them after the spotlight fades fromhurricanesandy. bidentoured the state's storm- ravaged coast yesterday including the boardwalk at seaside heights. he says rebuilding the area is a national responsibility. >>> the makers of twinkies and dingdongs will be in bankruptcy court today. texas-based hostess plans to begin the process of selling off its assets but some of its more popular products could make a comeback with $2.5 billion in revenue a year. analysts say there's a very good chance someone will buy at least a piece of the hostess company and carry on that brand. >>> burlingame-based virgin america is back off some of its expansion plans. the airline is reducing its order of airbus sas jets from 30 to 10. last month they announced they were reducing their flight schedule in the 1st quarter of next year. the company has also offered employees voluntary short-term leave. >>> portable sleep tents for infants and small children are being voluntarily recalled because of a safety hazard. kid coink's recall of 220,000 of items after a baby was found killed in a ten